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From: George Kerby on 9 Jun 2010 10:03
It's not 'video conferencing'. It is only one on one: "FaceTime".


On 6/8/10 6:33 PM, in article
jwolf6589-766678.19332008062010(a)nntp.charter.net, "John"
<jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

> This one looks great!! Only issues are that the video conferencing
> feature only works over WIFI, and the iPhone still cannot work on other
> cellular networks.

From: Mike Rosenberg on 9 Jun 2010 10:19
Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote:

> In article <C835094F.477D6%ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com>,
> George Kerby <ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It's not 'video conferencing'. It is only one on one: "FaceTime".
>
> Two people can have a conference; a conference doesn't require there be
> more than two.

That's true based on the dictionary definition of conference, of course,
but in iChat Apple has already used video conferencing in the context of
more than two people.

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From: Mike Rosenberg on 9 Jun 2010 10:54
Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote:

> I know. I was just trying to use up my daily allocation of pedantry early
> in the morning. (I wrote that at 7:14 AM local time, so it was "early"
> here. And that should now finish up the last vestige of today's pedantry.)

So you openly admit you're a pedantophile?

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From: Warren Oates on 9 Jun 2010 11:26
In article <michelle-80A4F5.08092809062010(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote:

> Nah, I just get stuck with daily allocations that have to be expended. The
> amount in each allocation varies day by day, and I never know how much I
> get stuck with.

You should get one those plans that round down. Or at the very least,
let you not use your rollover pedantry.
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From: George Kerby on 9 Jun 2010 14:52



On 6/9/10 9:14 AM, in article
michelle-E1C52D.07142909062010(a)news.eternal-september.org, "Michelle
Steiner" <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote:

> In article <C835094F.477D6%ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com>,
> George Kerby <ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It's not 'video conferencing'. It is only one on one: "FaceTime".
>
> Two people can have a conference; a conference doesn't require there be
> more than two.

Technically correct. But two folks chatting hardly conjures up a 'Video
Conference'. in my mind. YMMV.

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